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13/07/2023

France has banned the sale, possession and transport of all fireworks during the upcoming Bastille Day festivities.

The government issued a decree on Sunday prohibiting "pyrotechnic articles" for the 14 July celebrations that mark France's national day.

The move comes after rioting sparked by last month's police killing of 17-year-old Nahel M by police in Nanterre.

However, the ban does not apply to official firework displays organised by local authorities.

"In order to prevent the risk of serious disturbances to public order during the 14 July festivities, the sale, carrying, transport and use of pyrotechnic articles and fireworks will be prohibited on national territory until 15 July inclusively," said the edict, published in the French official gazette.

Fireworks were a popular weapon during the week of unrest, which included some of France's worst urban violence for almost 20 years.

And even in normal times, events in public squares and streets on the evening of Bastille Day have often been disrupted in previous years by young people throwing firecrackers.

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The US has announced it is complying with a Ukrainian request to supply it with controversial cluster munitions.

The move has been criticised by human rights groups as the weapon is banned by more than 100 countries.

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The prospect of mercenaries from the Russian Wagner group moving to Belarus as part of the deal struck to end their mutiny has made Poland extra wary of its neighbour.

A border once marked by a few pillars and wooden look-out posts has already been transformed by miles of tall metal fencing, thermal cameras and spotlights.

They were installed after Belarus began encouraging thousands of migrants to cross into Poland two years ago in what Warsaw calls an act of hybrid warfare; Minsk and Moscow are close allies.

Ahead of this week's Nato summit in Lithuania, the Polish government has been warning that Wagner forces could be used to spark more trouble, so it's deploying hundreds of extra officers at its eastern border as reinforcements.

"The biggest threat is that our neighbour, Belarus, is completely unpredictable," Michal Bura of the local border guard explains, although all is calm as we talk - apart from swarms of vicious summer bugs in the wheat fields.

13/07/2023

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has said he will quit politics after his coalition government collapsed on Friday in a row over asylum policies.

After nearly 13 years in power, Mr Rutte is one of Europe's longest-serving leaders.

He is now heading a caretaker administration until fresh elections can be held in November.

But he told parliament he would not run for a fifth term in office and would leave politics following the elections.

Dutch MPs will vote later on a no-confidence motion brought by the opposition in a bid to topple him.

The Netherlands has had a coalition government led by Mr Rutte and his conservative VVD party for the past year and a half, but the four parties involved have been split on migration for some time.

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The largest of the Balkan countries, Romania has dramatic mountain scenery and a coastline on the Black Sea.

It has seen numerous empires come and go from the Roman and Ottoman to the Austro-Hungarian.

After World War Two, the country fell under Communist rule, although the leadership pursued a foreign policy independent of that of the Soviet Union.

The legacy of Communist leader Nicolae Ceausescu lingered long after the uprising which brought about his downfall on Christmas Day 1989. Romania took a major step away from its past when it was one of seven countries to join Nato in late March 2004.

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Bulgaria, situated in the eastern Balkans, has been undergoing a slow and painful transition to a market economy since the end of Communist rule.

A predominantly Slavonic-speaking, Orthodox Christian country, Bulgaria was the birthplace of the Cyrillic alphabet, which was created there towards the end of the 9th Century.

It was long influenced by Byzantine culture then was part of the Ottoman Empire for 500 years before gaining its independence in the 19th Century.

After World War Two it became a satellite of the Soviet Union, but is now a member of the EU and Nato.

13/07/2023

Russian President Vladimir Putin met Yevgeny Prigozhin five days after the Wagner mercenary boss led a failed mutiny, the Kremlin has revealed. The BBC's Russia Editor gets to grips with the latest twist in the Wagner saga.

So, let me get this straight.

On the morning of 24 June, the day of the mutiny, Vladimir Putin accused the Wagner leadership of "treachery" and "a stab in the back". Later that day, Russian air force pilots were killed, shot down by Wagner fighters.

Then, with the mercenaries just 200km (120 miles) from the Russian capital, the Kremlin and Wagner did a deal. The mutiny was over. No-one was arrested. No-one has been prosecuted.

13/07/2023

Turkey's president has said his country will support Sweden's bid to join Nato if the European Union opens membership talks for his country.

Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he would state his demand at the Nato summit in Lithuania later this week.

He added that he had informed US President Joe Biden of his intentions.

Mr Erdogan's comments come ahead of a meeting with Sweden's prime minister and Nato's secretary general in the Lithuanian capital, Vilnius.

Turkey is a Nato member and so has a veto over any new country joining the group.

It has previously expressed frustration at what it has seen as Stockholm's willingness to host Kurdish militants.

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US President Joe Biden has described relations with the UK as "rock solid" during talks in London with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.

Mr Biden said he "couldn't be meeting a closer friend and a greater ally". Mr Sunak hailed the UK and the US as "two of the firmest allies" in Nato.

They also discussed a US move to give Ukraine controversial cluster bombs to defend itself from Russia's invasion.

Ukraine's membership bid will be high on agenda at Tuesday's Nato summit.

All 31 Nato members attending the summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, agree that Ukraine cannot join the military alliance during the war - amid fears this would lead to a direct conflict with Russia.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has himself said he does not expect Kyiv to join the bloc until after the war - but he wants the summit to give a "clear signal" on Ukraine's bid.

13/07/2023

Patrick Kielty's salary of €250,000 (£216,000) per series to present RTÉ's The Late Late Show "sets a new benchmark" for presenter pay.

That is according to the new RTÉ director general Kevin Bakhurst.

Mr Bakhurst also said that the broadcaster needed "to continue the downward pressure on top presenter pay".

He made the comments when questioned by reporters on his first day as director general of the Irish public service broadcaster.

RTÉ's governance and finances have been under intense scrutiny since it emerged that presenter Ryan Tubridy was paid €345,000 (£296,800) more than was declared publicly.

13/07/2023

Turkey's leader likes to drive a hard bargain and his unpredictability has become something of a trademark, but what is Recep Tayyip Erdogan up to now?

After months of holding up Sweden's bid for membership of Nato, arguing that Stockholm is guilty of harbouring Kurdish militants, Mr Erdogan suddenly pivots to an entirely unrelated issue: Turkey's longstanding bid to join the European Union (EU).

If Turkey can't join the EU, he seems to be saying, then nor can Sweden join the Nato military alliance.

As far as EU officials are concerned, this is a non-starter. "You cannot link the two processes," was the response of European Commission spokesperson Dana Spinant.

13/07/2023

Tributes have been paid to a father "with a giant personality" whose death after a reported fight outside a town centre bar prompted a murder inquiry.

The family of Piotr Ludwiczak, 35, who died in Bury on Saturday, described him as "well-liked by everyone he met."

They said he had a young son and were "devastated beyond belief and find it hard to imagine life without him".

Greater Manchester Police said a 19-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of murder and inquiries continue.

Mr Ludwiczak died in hospital after the assault at 04:30 BST on 8 July 2023 in Silver Street.

Police said he was punched and fell to the ground in a fight outside the bar.

He was treated by officers and paramedics at the scene before he was taken to hospital.

13/07/2023

Migrants saved in one of the first rescue operations in the Mediterranean since hundreds of people died when a boat sank off the Greek coast, say nothing could deter them from trying to reach Europe. They spoke to the BBC's Alice Cuddy - on board a rescue vessel patrolling the sea for migrant boats in distress.

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